Volleyball Preview: Shadow Mountain Matadors vs. Thunderbird Titans
The Shadow Mountain Matadors will venture away from home to take on the Thunderbird Titans at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Having struggled with eight defeats in a row, Shadow Mountain finally turned things around against Moon Valley on Monday. They put the hurt on the Rockets with a sharp 3-0 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Matadors have posted since September 9th.
Meanwhile, Thunderbird entered their tilt with Greenway on Monday with 14 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 15. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Demons.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Thunderbird took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-14, 25-6.
Thunderbird can attribute much of their success to Ema-Lee Burke, who had 11 digs.
Thunderbird couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 50% of their attack attempts. They are a perfect 11-0 when when their percentage is at least 0.4.
Shadow Mountain's win ended a seven-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-14. As for Thunderbird, their victory was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 33-3.
Shadow Mountain might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Thunderbird in their previous meeting on October 14th. Can Shadow Mountain avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
